In loving memory
Ken Defazio
August 29, 1933 – June 17, 2024
Lived 90 years
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1933
Born August 29
1939
Ken was 6 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1945
Ken was 12 when World War II ended
1958
Ken was 25 when the Hula Hoop craze swept the country
1962
Ken was 29 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
1971
Ken was 38 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1982
Ken was 49 when "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" opened in theaters
1995
Ken was 62 when "Toy Story" became the first fully computer-animated film
2005
Ken was 72 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2014
Ken was 81 when the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral
2022
Ken was 89 when Queen Elizabeth II died after 70 years on the throne
2024
Passed away June 17, age 90
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